The LA Clippers have long been viewed as just “the other team” inside their own building. With the Los Angeles Lakers stealing the hearts, affection, and wallets of their longtime supporters, the Clippers have played second fiddle. However, despite being forced to accept their secondary position, the Clippers plan on stepping out of their shadow.
Before the official start of the 2024-25 NBA season, Steve Balmer, the Clippers’ owner, plans to move his team to a brand-new arena in Inglewood, California. By all accounts, their new multi-million dollar home court will be nothing short of a spectacle. After spending the past several years keeping the details of their arena under wraps, the Clippers have decided to pull the curtains back on a uniquely new design.
In most arenas, a scoreboard hovers high above the action. Although both players and fans seem to have no issue with cranking their neck upwards to check out how many points were just scored or to revisit a replay of a mind-numbing play, Balmer is implementing something entirely different.
LA Clippers are pulling out all the stops for their new arena
Replacing the traditional scoreboard placed above the fray will be several screens surrounding the ceiling of the arena. According to those who are in charge of building their new monstrosity, it will be the equivalent of 3,592 60-inch TVs.
Clippers released a new rendering of the giant scoreboard in their under-construction Inglewood arena. It's still huge. But now there's a little more sense of how huge. They say it will be the equivalent of 3,592 60-inch TVs put together. pic.twitter.com/TDeyZwtqK9
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Although LA’s new home is still several years away from completion, Balmer couldn’t stop himself from grinning as he went into full-on fan mode, describing his new toy.
“I like the concept of the dome,” said Ballmer to Tim Newcomb of Forbes. “It feels sort of more unique, more energetic. We are trying to build a basketball mecca here and I wanted to make a certain kind of a statement and that is why we went dome. We are the Intuit Dome.”